Unit 3: Growth and Expansion

Family Letter

Weekly Reader: Reefs of the Florida Keys
Weekly Reader: Hawaii: Ancient Spirit, Modern Debate
Weekly Reader: Venice: Art of a Sinking City
Weekly Reader: Antarctica Sheds Ice


Chapter 4: The Illinois Territory
Part 1: A New Territory
Part 2: Tecumseh and the War of 1812
Vocabulary: ordinance, territory, governor, expedition, circle graph, unite, confederation

Show with Chapter 4, lesson 1. LEWIS AND CLARK



Chapter 5: Illinois Becomes a State
Part 1: Statehood
Part 2: Western Expansion
Vocabulary: delegate, capital, article, amendment, canal, industry, grain elevator

Chapter 6: The Civil War
Part 1: A Nation Divided
Part 2: Fighting the War
Vocabulary: economy, abolitionist, election, secede, point of view, regiment, emancipation, reconstruction


http://www.civilwar.org/education/students/kidswebsites.html


A Nation is Divided-What was the civil war about?
http://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/freemovies/civilwar/

The Civil War Begins at Fort Sumter
http://www.civilwar.org/battlefields/fort-sumter/fort-sumter-maps/animated-map/

The Battle at Bull Run
http://www.civilwar.org/battlefields/firstmanassas/first-manassas-maps/bull-run-animated-map/

The Gettysburg Address
http://www.civilwar.org/video/the-great-task.html

The Emmancipation Proclammatiton